Otherwise known as calcium sulfate gypsum is cheap to mine is fire proof and it provides superior sound deadening properties.
Goodwall sheet plaster.
It was promoted as being far better than traditional plaster which involved a painstaking labor intensive process of nailing up thousands of pieces of wood.
It was promoted as being far better than traditional plaster which involved a painstaking labor intensive process of nailing up thousands of pieces of wood lath small thin wood.
Fire rated type x drywall has fiberglass added to the gypsum.
This was an early quasi sheetrock product offered by sears and can be a clue that you have a kit home.
Aside from these factors a plaster wall can create a texture and feel to your home that no other wall can match.
It said that the embers from a passing train or even the embers from your coal furnace could set your roof.
Any suggestions for something i can apply to pretty up this sheet.
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Check for square blocks inserted in joints at staircase landings.
The crack is along the centre of the sheet for over 1m.
Also one side of the crack is about 1 or 2mm higher than the other side.
The sheet edges are separated by the usual little plastic h section joining strips about 15mm wide.
In the 1916 modern homes catalog sears offered a new product.
Last night someone wrote me an email asking if goodwall sheet plaster had asbestos i m not a lawyer nor do i play one on tv but i am married to one.
Another clue suggesting that you may have a sears home is the presence of goodwall sheet plaster sheetrock.
Goodwall sheet plaster was an early sheetrock product and could be nailed directly to the studs foregoing all the trouble and expense of nailing up 12 billion linear feet of pine lath.
Each 4 by 4 sheet bore the stamp goodwall on the backside.
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Comprising between 70 to 90 percent of sheet drywall gypsum has long been the mainstay of drywall products.
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In the 1916 modern homes catalog sears offered a new product.
In an advertisement for fire chief asphalt roofing the 1914 sears building materials catalog talks about the hazards of a wooden shingled roof.
Goodwall sheet plaster and sears homes.
Each sheet is about 2 5m x 1m.
Unique column arrangement on front porch and five piece eave brackets see pictures below.
The sears goodwall sheet plaster was considered fire resistant not the cardboard stuff.
Goodwall sheet plaster was used with the kits and the name will be stamped on the back.
